/*
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 *  Copyright (C) 2006 EsperTech, Inc. All rights reserved.                            *
 *  http://www.espertech.com/esper                                                     *
 *  http://www.espertech.com                                                           *
 *  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *
 *  The software in this package is published under the terms of the GPL license       *
 *  a copy of which has been included with this distribution in the license.txt file.  *
 ***************************************************************************************
 */
package com.espertech.esper.runtime.client.util;

/**
 * An InputAdapter takes some external data, converts it into events, and sends it into the runtime runtime.
 */
public interface InputAdapter extends Adapter {
    /**
     * Use for MapMessage events to indicate the event type name.
     */
    public static final String ESPERIO_MAP_EVENT_TYPE = InputAdapter.class.getName() + "_maptype";

    /**
     * Use for TextMessage events to indicate the event type name.
     */
    public static final String ESPERIO_JSON_EVENT_TYPE = InputAdapter.class.getName() + "_jsontype";
}
